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   January 2, 2023 - Fog in the Mountains of the Balkan Peninsula   
      
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      The term “Balkan” comes from a Turkish word that refers to a chain of   
      wooded mountains—a perfect descriptor for the terrain of Southeastern   
      Europe’s Balkan Peninsula. The Balkan Mountains sit in the eastern   
      portion of the peninsula, but many other ranges course across the   
      region. For example, three ranges, the Rodope, Carpathian, and Dinaric,   
      meet in the southern part of Serbia, while, just to the south, the   
      mountains of Kosovo are said to be the most rugged and impassable in   
      all of Europe.   
      
      Not only are the mountains of the Balkan Peninsula famous for their   
      beauty, the frequent morning fog delights photographers and tourists   
      who appreciate the ethereal scenes created by delicate fog over forests   
      and field. Fog is essentially a cloud that exists near the Earth’s   
      surface. It can form over land or water, and frequently forms in   
      valleys, especially in cool temperatures.   
      
      On December 26, 2022, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer   
      (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image   
      capturing widespread morning fog over the mountain valleys on the   
      Balkan Peninsula. The largest fog banks lie over Kosovo, located in the   
      center of the image, but also appear over Serbia (north and east),   
      Macedonia (south), and Montenegro (west).   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 12/26/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (198.3 KB),  500m (523.5 KB),  250m (380.5   
      KB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2023-01-02   
       
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